WASHINGTON − What a year. Who would have guessed, 12 long months ago, that voters on Tuesday would be casting ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with President Joe Biden − the biggest vote-getter in American history − on the sidelines and headed for retirement? Who could have foreseen the failed assassin’s…
Election Day is Nov. 5 and both presidential candidates are bringing their own celebrity endorsements to the voting booth. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both courted a cast of stars that stretch from Hollywood to Nashville during their sprint towards Nov. 5, when everyday Americans head to the polls to…
In Donald Trump’s first term as president, he wielded his broad constitutional authority over the military in unprecedented ways. He mobilized thousands of National Guard troops to repel Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, D.C., suspended long-running military exercises with U.S. ally South Korea to placate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, and he banned transgender…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is proposing a new rule under the Affordable Care Act that would require private insurers cover the cost of over-the-counter contraception without additional costs to patients. The move to make over-the-counter birth control free comes two weeks before Election Day as Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats campaign on…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pushed back against attacks on his age during a campaign event in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Sunday that came between a visit handing out fries at a McDonald’s and plans to attend a Pittsburgh Steelers game. “I’m not 80, and I’m not that close to 80,” the 78-year-old…
Democrats including Kamala Harris, President Biden and Barack Obama are hitting 78-year-old Trump’s mental fitness. Many Republicans, including some who oppose Trump, say they haven’t seen a mental decline since he first ran for president in 2016. Donald Trump’s repeated gaffes, non sequiturs, and plain odd behavior have opened the door to questions from opponents…
WASHINGTON – Another presidential election blown around by a hurricane. In terms of politics, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are hoping that recovery from Hurricane Helene will resemble the federal government’s response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 – a fairly smooth process that did credit to the last Democratic-led White House in…
Former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Trump has repeatedly referenced the attempt on his life at campaign rallies. But he has not named the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump’s allies have blamed Democrats and their rhetoric for the attack on the former president’s life. Investigators…
The feud between historian Allan Lichtman and prognosticator Nate Silver is heating up on social media as Election Day approaches. Lichtman, an American University professor who has correctly predicted the outcome of nine out of the 10 most recent presidential elections, earlier this month forecasted that the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket would win the White…
At the end of the first two years of Joe Biden’s presidency, 3.3 million more U.S. residents had health insurance than did so in 2019, according to a Capital & Main analysis of U.S. Census data conducted with the support of Thomas Data Consulting. That increase led to a 1.2% decline in the national uninsured…